Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M vs GeForce 7300 GS

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	1388	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.61	no data
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Gen. 4.5 (2008)
GPU code name	G72	GL40
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	18 January 2006 (18 years ago)	1 October 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	no data	10
Core clock speed	450 MHz	400 MHz
Number of transistors	112 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	1.800	no data
ROPs	2	no data
TMUs	4	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR2	no data
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	266 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	4.256 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	10
Shader Model	3.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	no data
OpenCL	N/A	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 January 2006	1 October 2008
Chip lithography	90 nm	65 nm

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